hypermnesia

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USA Today covers an fMRI study on a women with hypermnesia or 'super memory' as the paper calls it.

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  1. noun Exceptionally exact or vivid memory, especially as associated with certain mental illnesses.

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  1. hyper- + (a)mnesia.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ὑπέρ, over, beyond, +μνήσις, remembrance.
 

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/haɪpərmˈnisiə/
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